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- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)
Robert Dowds: It strikes me that this has a wider implication. It seems to me that for whatever reason, there was real fear in the case of these whistleblowers that there would be very negative consequences. That leads me to consider that if that kind of atmosphere is widespread in the HSE, it is a discouragement to staff who do a good job and want to do a good job - and I am sure the vast majority of...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)
Robert Dowds: Does Mr. O'Brien agree the whistleblowers in this case seem to be patriots in the best sense of that word and in a way we often do not use it in Ireland, which is to mean standing up for what is best in one's community? In the early 1990s, whistleblowers seem to have made their mark, but it just was not fully carried through. It would have saved this State huge amounts of money if people...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)
Robert Dowds: Does the figure Mr. O'Brien gave include legal costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)
Robert Dowds: There is another cost in terms of the huge amount of officials' time that has been spent on this. It would be far better for the efforts of the HSE to be directed more towards what its function should be, which is looking after people's health in the broadest sense of that word. It is a great pity. Before concluding, I take this opportunity, particularly as I am not seeking re-election,...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)
Robert Dowds: I think the Chairman knows the answer to that.